Open Letter to Derek Mackay: Put the public interest at the heart of public buildings | CommonSpace

Award-winnning Edinburgh-based architect Malcolm Fraser wrote an open letter to Finance Secretary Derek Mackay on 18 September , after the announcement of a public inquiry into debacle of the Edinburgh Sick Kids hospital. We publish the letter here.One for the Price of Three: Public Building Procurement at Edinburgh’s Sick Kids, Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the […]

Government failing to properly protect Carillion workers

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has accused the government of failing to fully protect workers left in limbo following the collapse last month of Carillion. Source: Government failing to properly protect Carillion workers

Time for a windfall tax on the PFI profiteers, says UNISON | News, Press release | News | UNISON National

https://www.unison.org.uk/news/press-release/2018/02/time-windfall-tax-pfi-profiteers-says-unison/

Shareholders in private water companies have made £13.5 billion since 2010 – but the firms still get tax credits – The i newspaper online iNews

http://inews.co.uk/news/shareholders-private-water-companies-made-13-5-billion-since-2010-firms-still-get-tax-credits/

Was Carillion the canary in the coal mine? – Positive Money

http://positivemoney.org/2018/02/carillion-canary-coal-mine/

Police forced to waste £millions of taxpayer’s money bailing out collapsed private forensics firm | Evolve Politics

https://evolvepolitics.com/police-forced-to-waste-millions-of-taxpayers-money-bailing-out-collapsed-private-forensics-firm/

Capita don’t just provide some services, they run entire councils | The Independent

Outsourcer Capita hit the headlines today for all the wrong reasons, its share price collapsing 40 per cent following a profit warning and cancellation of dividend payments to shareholders. Source: Capita don’t just provide some services, they run entire councils | The Independent

PCS welcomes Labour policy on privatisation and PFI | Public and Commercial Services Union

Source: PCS welcomes Labour policy on privatisation and PFI | Public and Commercial Services Union

It’s not just Carillion. The whole privatisation myth has been exposed | Polly Toynbee | Opinion | The Guardian

Source: It’s not just Carillion. The whole privatisation myth has been exposed | Polly Toynbee | Opinion | The Guardian

Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has left the UK with £47bn ‘Enron-style’ debt | Ian Fraser

Gordon Brown using deceitful accounting including the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) to hide the true level of the UK’s national debt Source: Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has left the UK with £47bn ‘Enron-style’ debt | Ian Fraser